Cup-like wrapping element for sweetmeats and the like



Jan. 2, 1934. A KENNY 1,941,944

QUP-LIKE WRAPPING ELEMENT FOR SWEETMEATS AND THE LIKE Filed Sept. 24, 1932 INVENTOI? Patented Jan. 2, 1934 CUP-LIKE WRAPPING ELEIHENT FOR SVVEETMEATS AND THE LEKE Alexander Kenny, Hammersmith, London, England, assignor to Fullers Limited, London,

England Application September 24,

and in 2 Claims.

This invention has reference to cup-like wrapping elements which are usually made by crimping the marginal edge of a circular disc of paper or other sheet material and are employed to hold separately sweetmeats, such as chocolates, sweets, confectionery, cak s, pastries, biscuits and articles of a like kind, hereinafter referred to as sweetmeats, when being packed in layers for transport and sale.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved wrapping element of the kind. set forth having means which will serve to facilitate the lifting of any one sweetmeat from a layer without disturbing the remainder as happens so frequently when the wrappings are those of the kind hitherto known. A further object of the invention is to provide an improved wrapper adapted to serve as a means indicating the nature of the sweetmeat contained in order that selection or" any desired sort from a variety may readily be accomplished. 7

Accordingly the present invention provides in a cup-like wrapper for sweetmeats, a tab which projects upwardly or outwardly from its lateral edge and forms a handle device by means of which the wrapper and its contained sweetmeat may be lifted from a layer. This tab may be integral with or attached to the disc of sheet material which is crimped to form the wrapper and it is furthermore preferred to apply to said tab an indication of the nature of the sweetmeat contained in order that one may see at a glance the kind of sweet about to be lifted.

The invention is hereinafter more fully ex plained by reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein:-

Fig. 1 shows in perspective view an improved wrapper constructed in accordance with this invention and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank from which the wrapper is formed.

Referring to these figures it may be seen that the wrapping element a which is of the form of an inverted truncated cone is produced from a disc of sheet material as shown in Fig. 2 whose marginal portions 17 are crimped or corrugated to cause them to turn upwardly from the plane of the base 0 of the Wrapper. According to this invention the blank from which the wrapper is made is formed with a tab or lug d which projects 1932, Serial No.

Great Britain March 1 from the lateral edge of the wrapper and constitutes a handle. Ii desired this tab or lug may bear a printed or embossed indication of the kind of sweetmeat the wrapper is to contain and in such event it is preferred to omit the crimping or corrugating in the immediate vicinity of said tab or lug.

As will readily be understood the cutting of the blanks and the crimping necessary to convert the fiat disc to cup-shape are conveniently effected in separate operations.

In another way of carrying the invention into practical effect the wrapping element produced from a circular disc of paper or other material is crimped throughout the greater part of its margin while a relat'vely small part thereof is left plain and uncrirnped in order that an extension tab or lug may be affixed thereto by the use of an adhesive or by any other means. Such attached tab or lug may. also constitute a label indicating the kind of sweetineat contained by the wrapper.

The improved wrapping element constructed in accordance with this invention is extremely Well adapted for use when packing chocolate-coated sweets in layers in boxes as it affords a convenient means whereby the sweets may be lifted separately from among a number without undue disturbance of the remaining sweets and as explained said tabs may serve to indicate the type of sweet contained by the associated wrapper.

1. A cup-like container for candies having a bottom and upwardly and outwardly flaring side wall, the side wall at one point having an integral upwardly extending fiat tab disposed at the same inclination as the wall of the cup and constituting a handle, the side wall of the cup being ori'nped, and the crimp being interrupted at said handle.

2. A cup-like container for candies having a bottom and an upwardly extending side wall, the periphery of the side wall having an integral, elongated, upwardly and outwardly projecting fiat tab, the interior of the cup from the junction of the tab with the edge of this cup to the bottom of the cup being fiat and forming a downward extension of the tab, the remainder of the side wall of the cup being vertically crimped.

ALEXANDER KENNY. 

